Isabella Abbott

Isabella Abbott

First Lady of Limu And It was on this day a hundred years ago that Isabella Abbott was born.   She was the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a Ph.D. in science.  Abbott became known as the “First Lady of Limu” or seaweed. When she was a little girl, she spent hours gathering seaweed…

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June 20, 2019 The Zip Slicer, John Bartram, Meriwether Lewis, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Isabella Abbott, Alice Mackenzie Swaim, The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, the Chelsea Chop, and Coe Finch Austin

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There is nothing that can beat eating fresh food from the garden.   It seems every meal around here has fresh basil lettuce from the garden and little cherry tomatoes. Today, I was at my favorite olive oil store, and they sell this little gizmo called the Zip Slicer. You load it up with your…

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